Mac book air trys to start up then shuts off
mac book air trys to start up then shuts off
Hello iphonesouth
Start with the articles below for issues with not being able to log into your user. It will have you look at starting up in Safe Mode, resetting your NVRAM and other troubleshooting options.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
OS X: Gray progress bar appears under Apple logo during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3148
Regards,
-Norm G.
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It sounds like you destroyed your boot partition and the recovery partition. Depending on it's age, your MacBook Air might be able to do a net boot. Plug and ethernet connection into it and attempt to boot. If it has the right firmware, it will find a net boot configuration on the net and boot that. Then it will give you a Recovery Partition like display and allow you to reinstall the OS X version that came with it.... assuming that it was Lion or ML. If your computer came with Snow Leopard, then even the net boot won't work.
At that point you need a bootable USB Key, or an external DVD drive AND a Snow Leopard installation DVD.
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yes the title says most of what is going on.
I recently reset my phone, losing all contacts and pictures. It was working fine, then after I updated it, it will not turn on completely.
It starts up with the apple logo
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I was surfing the internet, when it all of a sudden went black and shut off. No warnings or anything.
The light on the charger no longer lights up. I have tried all the tips on apple website and nothing works.
Any suggestions?Try resetting your SMC.
Resetting the SMC of an Intel-based portable Mac with a battery you should not remove on your own
Note: This will not delete any data.
The SMC is responsible for controlling various system functions. None of your data will be deleted by resetting the SMC.
Shut down the computer by going to Apple () > Shut Down…
Select Shut Down or allow the computer to shut down automatically.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter into a power source and then connect it to your Mac if you have not already done so.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift (⇧), Control (⌃), and Option (⌥) keys and the Power Button at the same time.
Release the (left side) Shift (⇧), Control (⌃), and Option (⌥) keys and the Power Button at the same time.
I hope I helped.
Austin -
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Can you help me?hi . I had the simalar problems of my HP b209a-m printer not being seen on my wireless network> I could not add the printer and could not get the printer to join my network, I found this post at HP discussion and it worked!
Each printer has different options/settings but it seems like the general idea should work ok if you can reset printer back to factory settings and find Printer IP Adress.
This is for HP printers
1. On the printer navigate to the Wireless or Network menu.
2. Select Restore Defaults.
3. On your computer look for a wireless network named 'hpsetup' and connect to it.
4. Print a Wireless Network Test from the front of the printer to see its IP address. (on my b209a-m Printer the IP info was found by pressing the Wireless Icon)
5. Type the IP address into the address bar of a web browser to see the printer's internal settings.
6. Click on the Network tab and look for the Wireless Setup Wizard and run it.
7. The Passphrase is the password you use on your wireless connection.
8. Now change the network name on your computer back to your wireless network.
The printer will now be connected to your network. With your the computer backyour wireless network network, you can re-add the printer from System Preferences.
Hope this works--- it did for me.
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Top right of your screen is Spotlight (looks like a magnifying glass). Click on it and type
Activity Monitor
and press 'return'. You'll get something that looks like this:
Choose 'All Processes' from the dropdown menu on the right hand side of the window, then do two things: click on the tab that says %CPU, twice if necessary, so that the arrow is pointing down as in the screenshot. Secondly, click on 'System Memory' in the tabs near the bottom of the window.
OK, what do you see? Answer these questions:
1. Is there something near the top of that list of processes that is using 40% CPU or more?
If so, what is it? If it's not a process you've started (like copying a DVD or something) then click on it, and choose the red 'Quit' button. You may need to choose Force Quit and enter a password. After doing that, wait a few seconds, does the process reappare in the window, just like before or stay gone?
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For 1 week now, my computer stops when it's in standby and can't start when I push on power. It doesn't start for like 2 days and rework. and again and again...
The battery indicator is lighting when I plug the charger. Is that the motherboard?
I live in frech guiana and there is no apple store here...
Thank you for your helpReset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
Start up in Safe Mode. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1564 -
Mac book air won't start up it has a flashing folder with questions mark. How do I fix it?
Please help!!!
Hold the option key down while booting the machine (wired keyboard) and a list of bootable options appears.
Select OS X and click the arrow, then set the Startup Disk again in System Preferences. Hopefully this will fix the issue and no further problems.
If no bootable options appears, then your internal boot drive could be dead.
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Here is what I found regarding your error.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4061949
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/0305098AASADDGENG.pdf
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2718476
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf
https://discussions.apple.com/message/11729314#11729314 -
hi
i'm french
i need your help please
my mac book air 2009 wont start
when i push the start knob the apple appears, the circle turn and a few second after it shut down
when i start with T it wont to be used in harddrive mode
whan i start with hold on cmd"s" a big text appears and say
Intel PATA has safe-sleep
i dont know what to do
please help
all the best
peace
jmi tried to start with a system on a usb key, same problem
the ahrdrive appears on the screen, i choose it then the apple stay but the circle under apple turn and turns long time i need to shut down after sevral muinutes or hours
please help
thks -
Mac book air (2013) doesn't start
Hi,
my mac book air doesn't start anymore. I used it yesterday, put it on the macsafe charger and took it off when the chargerlight went green.
Than, when I wanted to start it. Nothing happenend.
I used all the tricks. SMC reboot, shaking it, push all the buttons, tried everything I could find on this apple forum.
nothing happens, no sound, nothing.
Currently i'm on a world trip, so no apple support close for the next months
I really hope somebody can give me some advices...
I hope it will work again in a couple off days like other MBA owners with the same problem.
ALL your suggestions are welcome!Did you reset SMC?
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support -
Mac book wont charge or start up
mac book wont charge or start up
hi
i'm french
i need your help please
my mac book air 2009 wont start
when i push the start knob the apple appears, the circle turn and a few second after it shut down
when i start with T it wont to be used in harddrive mode
whan i start with hold on cmd"s" a big text appears and say
Intel PATA has safe-sleep
i dont know what to do
please help
all the best
peace
jm
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 2009 model -
My Mac book air will not turn on
My Mac book air will not start. No fan, no noise at all.
Start by working through the troubleshooting tips in: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367 and see if you can startup.
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My computer will turn on for a second then shut off.
I had just shut down the computer 30 min before so when i go back to turn it on i press the on button sounds like its starting up then shuts off it has a full charge took out the battery and tried it again. still doesn't work i kept try to turn it on and on but itll just act like its starting up then shut off. sometimes if i let go of the on button too early the light will just come on then immediately shut off. what do i do everything i own thats apple has been breaking this week.
- If it is only one app try deleting the app and then redownload/install the app.
- Reset your iPod:
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore your iPod. First from backup and if problem persists restore to factory defaults/new iPod.
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